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Greensboro,  N.  C. 


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Greensboro,  North  Carolina 


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Agricultural  and  Technical  College, 

Greensboro,  N.  C, 
November  15,  1922. 
President  Dudley: 

I  am  handing  you  below  amount  of  state  ap- 
propriations, regular  and  special,  from  May  20, 
1912.  Hope  this  is  what  you  asked  for.  If  not, 
let  me  know. 

From  May  20,   1912,  to  May  20,   1913 — 

State    appropriation    (regular)     $13,875.00 

State   appropriation    (special)     13,125.00 

Total $37, 000. 00 

From  May  20,  1913,  to  May  20,  1914 — 

State    appropriation    (regular)     $12,500.00 

State    appropriation    (special)     16,125.00 

Total      $28,625.00 

From  May  20,  1914,  to  May  20,  1915 — 

State   appropriation    (regular)     *   $13,750.00 

From  May  20,   1915,  to  May  20,  1916 — 

State    appropriation    (regular)     $15,000.00 

State    appropriation    (special)     4,000.00 

Total     *   $19,000.00 

From  May  20,  1916,  to  May  20,   1917 — 

State    appropriation    (regular)     *    $15,000.00 

From  May  20,   1917,  to  May  20,  1918 — 

State    appropriation    (regular)     *    $15,000.00 

From  May  20,  1918,  to  May  20,   1919 — 

State    appropriation    (regular)     $15,500.00 

State    appropriation    (special)     7,500.00 

Total     $23,000.00 

From  May   20,   1919,  to  May  20,  1920 — 

State    appropriation    (regular)     $16,000.00 

State    appropriation    (special)     6,000.00 

Total     : $22,000.00 

From  May  20,   1920,  to  May  20,   1921 — 

State    appropriation    (regular)     $24,000.00 

State    appropriation    (special)     10,000.00 

Total     $34,000.00 

From  May  20,  1921,  to  May  20,  1922 — 

State    appropriation     (regular)      $26,500.00 

Respectfully    submitted, 

A.   T.    WHIT  SETT, 
Secretary-Treasurer. 
W*  Note  decreasing  support  during  war  period. 

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Greensboro,  North  Carolina, 

December  12,  1922. 

To  His  Excellency,  Honorable  Cameron 
Morrison,  Governor  of  North  Carolina,  Kaleigh, 
North  Carolina. 

Dear  Sir: — We  have  the  honor  of  herewith 
transmitting  to  you  the  report  of  James  B.  Dud- 
ley, President  of  the  Agricultural  and  Technical 
College  for  Negroes,   Greensboro,   North   Carolina. 

This  report  will  inform  you  fully  as  to  the 
splendid  success  achieved  by  the  college  during 
the  past  two  years,  the  disheartening  obstacles 
that  stood  in  the  way  of  this  success,  and  the  many 
opportunities  it  has  of  becoming  a  still  greater 
factor  in  the  industrial  development  of  the  Negroes 
in  North  Carolina. 

We  beg  to  call  your  attention  to  the  following 
facts : 

1.  Very  great  and  very  gratifying  success  has 
been  achieved  by  the  college  during  the  past  two 
years. 

2.  This  success  has  been  achieved  in  spite  of 
the  lack  of  money  and  the  equipment  necessary  to 
secure  the  greatest  results  and  necessary  to  enable 
the  college  to  admit  all  who  wish  an  industrial 
education. 

3.  Because  of  lack  of  room  for  all  who  wish 
to  attend  the  college  the  enrollment  has  not  in- 
creased for  the  past  ten  or  fifteen  years.  Neither 
parents  nor  the  college  authorities  are  willing  for 
their  sons  to  board  in  the  city  away  from  the  re- 
straining discipline  of  college  authority.  The  in- 
ability to  house  more  students  on  our  campus  has 
prevented  an  increase  in  numbers.  And  yet  we 
have  had  an  enrollment  of  more  than  four  hundred 
annually. 

4.  The  college  has  been  forced  into  debt  to 
the  amount  of  $31,000  which  has  slowly  accumu- 
lated during  the  past  years.  This  debt  was  un- 
avoidable because  of  the  lack  of  adequate  appro- 


priations  to  meet  the  increased  expenses  of  opera- 
tion during  and  since  the  World  War.  This  indebted- 
ness is  very  small  when  we  remember  that  it  has 
been   accumulating   during  so   many  years. 

The  future  is  full  of  opportunities  for  service 
by  the  college.  It  is  one  of  the  state's  finest 
means  of  increasing  its  material  advancement. 

With  increased  accommodations  we  can  bring 
to  the  college  one  thousand  industrial  negro 
youths.  These  young  negro  men,  after  having 
been  trained  at  the  college  in  agriculture  and  the 
mechanic  arts,  will  return  to  their  homes  prepared 
to  live  lives  of  greater  usefulness  to  themselves 
and  their  state. 

We  hope  that  the  attendance  will  no  longer  1  e 
held  where  it  has  been  for  years  merely  for  the 
lack   of   room   and   necessary   support. 

We  believe  that  the  people  of  the  state  are 
heartily  in  favor  of  the  legislature's  enabling  the 
college  to  open  its  doors  to  all  who  wish  to  be 
trained  for  efficiency  on  the  farm  and  in  the 
various  fields  of  mechanic  arts. 

In  spite  of  its  lack  of  means  its  success  has  been 
phenomenal  and  its  work  has  won  the  high  ap- 
proval of  the  national  government  experts  who 
have  carefully  inspected  its  work  from  time  to 
time. 

We  confidently  rely  on  your  constructive  ideas 
and  your  proverbial  state  pride  for  help  and  en- 
couragement in  our  request  for  such  legislative 
enactments  as  will  enable  us  to  admit  and  instruct 
the  many  negro  boys  who  ought  to  be  in  the  col- 
lege and  who  would  be  in  it  but  for  the  lack  of 
room  and  increased  teaching  force. 

We  have  the  honor  to  be, 

Very  respectfully, 

(Signed)   M.  C.   S.  Noble, 
(Signed)   C.  M.  Vanstory, 
(Signed)   A.  M.  Scales, 
(Signed)   F.  W.  Dunlap, 

Executive  Committee. 


Agricultural  and  Technical  College, 

Greensboro,  North  Carolina, 

December  11,  1922. 
Mr.  M.  C.  S.  Noble,  President  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees,  Agricultural  and   Technical  Col- 
lege for  the  Negro  Eace,  Greensboro,  North 
Carolina. 

Sir:  As  president  of  the  Agricultural  and 
Technical  College  for  the  Negro  race  it  becomes 
my  duty,  through  you,  to  seek  legislative  atten- 
tion to  the  urgent  needs  of  this  institution.  As 
briefly  as  possible  I  shall  endeavor  to  indicate 
what  is  necessary  for  the  progress  and  growth 
of  this  institution,  leaving  with  you,  His  Excel- 
lency, Governor  Morrison,  our  Board  of  Trus- 
tees, and  the  Legislature  the  responsibility  of 
administering  to  these  needs  as  wisdom  and  con- 
ference may  best  determine.  The  urgent  needs 
upon  which  the  future  growth  and  usefulness  of 
this  college  materially  depend  are: 

I.     ANNUAL  MAINTENANCE,  $100,000.00 

North  Carolina  owes  both  to  itself  and  to  its 
Negro  citizens  that  there  should  be  at  least  one 
standard  technical  college  within  its  borders  that 
will  relieve  Negro  parents  of  the  necessity  of 
sending  their  sons  to  more  expensive  institutions 
of  the  north.  The  educational  authorities  in  the 
state  and  nation  now  declare  that  such  a  college 
should  have  a  minimum  annual  appropriation  of 
$50,000  in  order  to  do  effective  work  and  secure 
recognition.  Our  experience  justifies  this  opin- 
ion. We  are,  therefore,  asking  for  that  amount 
together  with  an  annual  appropriation  of  $25,- 
000.00  for  our  trade  school  and  $25,000.00  for  the 
equipment  and  general  upkeep  of  the  buildings. 

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In  order,  therefore,  that  the  North  Carolina  Agri- 
cultural and  Technical  College  for  the  Negro 
race  may  maintain  its  rank  among  other  Land 
Grant  Colleges  of  the  country  for  Negroes  and 
at  the  same  time  render  its  greatest  possible  ser- 
vice to  the  state,  we  believe  that  it  actually 
needs  an  annual  maintenance   of  $100,000.00. 

II.     GENERAL  FUND,  $501,000.00 

1.  Indebtedness,  $31,000.00. — This  indebted- 
ness represents  an  accumulation  of  years  preced- 
ing the  world  war.     The  causes  are: 

(a)  Unusual  advance  in  the  cost  of  all  sup- 
plies with  decreasing  appropriations  to  meet  this 
advance. 

(b)  The  general  advance  in  teachers '  salar- 
ies throughout  the  state  and  nation  made  it 
necessary  for  the  college  to  go  in  debt  in  order 
to  hold  its  teachers. 

(c)  The  United  States  Bureau  of  Education  a 
year  or  two  ago  began  a  movement  to  require 
the  Negro  Land  Grant  Colleges  to  raise  the 
standards  of  their  courses  of  study.  It  was  nec- 
essary for  us  to  meet  these  requirements  in  order 
to  continue  to  hold  our  rating  by  the  government 
as  one  of  the  best  of  these  institutions. 

(d)  The  buildings  were  in  urgent  need  of 
repairs  that  could  not  be  delayed  and  the  cost 
of  these  repairs  compelled  an  increase  in  our  in- 
debtedness. 

2.  Dormitories,  $200,000.00.— The  college  dor- 
mitories at  present  will  accommodate  one  hun- 
dred sixty  students.  The  barracks  building 
erected  without  any  appropriation,  during  the 
world  war,  while  unfit  for  winter  use,  will  ac- 
commodate one  hundred  students;  that  is,  only 
two    hundred    sixty    students    can    be    accommo- 

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dated  on  the  campus.  The  other  students  have 
to  look  for  lodging  in  the  city.  Many  parents 
will  not  send  their  boys  to  the  college  when  it 
is  impossible  for  them  to  live  on  the  campus 
under  its  restrictions  and  protection. 

For  fifteen  years  the  growth  of  the  college  in 
numbers  has  been  prevented  by  lack  of  sufficient 
dormitory  space.  The  general  overhead  expenses 
of  the  college  could  be  decreased  and  its  useful- 
ness increased  by  the  erection  of  additional  dor- 
mitories which  are  sorely  needed  to  take  care  of 
those  who  wish  to  attend  college,  but  cannot  for 
lack  of  dormitory  accommodations.  Fully  iive 
hundred  more  young  men  every  year  would  apply 
for  entrance  to  the  college  but  for  the  well 
known  fact  of  dormitory  space  being  so  limited. 

3.  Dining  Hall,  Kitchen  and  Laundry,  $70,- 
000.00. — Our  present  dining  hall  will  seat  three 
hundred.  This  often  necessitates  our  having  to 
serve  meals  in  relays;  that  is,  to  serve  six  meals 
a  day  instead  of  three,  which  adds  to  the  cost  of 
operation. 

The  kitchen  which  answered  the  purposes 
twenty-five  years  ago  is  now  entirely  too  small 
and  affords  no  space  for  modern  labor-saving 
devices  that  would  facilitate  labor  and  reduce 
the  cost. 

The  college  is  badly  in  need  of  a  laundry. 
The  work  is  now  being  done  away  from  the  cam- 
pus and  is  expensive  and  annoying. 

4.  Library,  $50,000.00. — A  library  is  a  neces- 
sary equipment  of  the  college.  In  our  crowded 
condition,  while  we  have  not  the  amount  of 
books  needed,  we  have  no  space  for  the  limited 
supply  to  be  used  to  advantage.  The  college, 
therefore,  greatly  needs  a  library. 

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5.  Land,  $125,000.00. — The  future  growth  and 
expansion  of  this  college  makes  the  extension 
of  its  campus  imperative.  The  college  campus; 
should  include  all  lands  between  its  present  loca- 
tion and  East  Market  Street.  At  the  time  this 
college  was  established  this  land  could  have  been 
bought  easily  for  $5,000.00,  but  now  it  will  cost. 
$125,000.00  and  it  is  rapidly  increasing  in  value. 
A  careful  and  secret  survey  has  been  made  under 
my  direction  and  the  amount  asked  for  is,  I  be- 
lieve, a  moderate  estimate.  Even  with  this, 
amount,  in  order  to  secure  the  land  it  will  be 
necessary  to  confer  upon  the  college  authorities 
power  to  resort  to  condemnatory  proceedings. 

6.  Repairs,  $25,000.00.— With  the  decrease  in 
the  provisions  for  the  general  upkeep  of  this, 
college  during  the  war  period  when  the  prices 
had  reached  their  peak,  the  wear  and  tear  of 
college  property  was  at  its  worse.  The  college 
was  used  for  military  purposes — training  more 
men  for  the  war  than  any  other  Negro  Land 
Grant  College  in  the  nation,  whereby  proper 
attention  to  necessary  repairs  could  not  be  given. 
The  amount  asked  for  this  purpose  is  very  mod- 
erate and  is  necessary  to  put  the  college  property 
in  a  creditable  condition. 

III.     MECHANICAL   DEPARTMENT 
$164,179.55 

1.  Carpentry  Division,  $800.00. — The  carpen- 
try division  needs  this  amount  to  add  some  mod- 
ern equipment  to  its  present  outfit. 

2.  The  Masonry  Division,  $459.25. — The 
masonry  division,  a  most  popular  one  among  our 
students,  is  asking  this  amount  for  needed  addi- 
tional equipment. 

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3.  The  Broommaking  Division,  $405.50 .--The 

broommaking    division    seeks    this    amount    also 
for  modern  equipment. 

4.  Power  Plant,  $90,000.00.— The  present 
heating  plant  is  now  being  over-taxed  and  can- 
not properly  heat  our  buildings.  The  request  is, 
therefore,  made  for  $35,000.00  for  a  power  plant 
and  $40,000.00  for  boilers  and  other  equipment. 
Further  request  is  made  in  this  connection  for 
$10,000.00  for  a  spur  track  and  $5,000.00  for  the 
land.  This  will  be  just  one  block  from  the  col- 
lege and  will  be  a  great  saving  to  the  college 
in  the  hauling  of  coal  and  other  materials.  This 
is  a  need  that  sooner  or  later  must  be  supplied. 
The  president  once  had  an  option  on  this  land 
for  $1,500.00;  at  present  it  can  be  bought  for 
$5,000.00.     Later  it  ivill  cost  more. 

5.  Machine  Shop,  $14,500.00. — There  is  an  in- 
creasing demand  for  Negro  machinists  as  evi- 
denced by  the  ease  with  which  graduates  of  our 
machine  shop  are  receiving  employment.  The 
department  is  now  in  need  of  modern  equip- 
ment and  the  amount  asked  for  is  for  the  pur- 
pose of  adding  this  much  needed  equipment. 

6.  The  Photographic  Division,  $1,977.00. — 
Photography  is  a  new  field  for  Negroes.  In 
every  community  in  North  Carolina  where 
Negroes  live  there  is  a  demand  for  a  Negro 
photographer.  The  division  is,  therefore,  ask- 
ing for  provisions  to  supplement  its  present  out- 
fit to  the  amount  of  $1,977.00  to  prepare  men  for 
this  new  field. 

7.  Shoemaking  Division,  $652.80. — This  field 
of  labor  is  constantly  calling  for  trained,  ex- 
pert workmen  and  the  college  will  render  a  great 

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service  to  the  state  and  to  the  race  by  making 
this  division  more  attractive  and  enabling  it 
to  be  more  efficient. 

8.  The  Blacksmithing  Division,  $200.00. — The 
present  equipment  that  was  furnished  years  ago 
has  been  well  handled,  but  this  division  needs 
new  and  modern  equipment  to  do  effective  work. 

9.  The  Auto  Mechanics  Division,   $15,185.00. 

— The  auto  mechanics  division  has  recently  se- 
cured its  new  building  which  needs  to  be  fur- 
nished. The  amount  it  is  asking  for  has  been 
carefully  considered  as  what  is  absolutely  neces- 
sary for  its  proper  equipment. 

10.  Mechanical  Building,  $40,000.00. — In  the 
present  mechanical  building  which  was  built 
twenty-five  years  ago,  the  tailor  shop  is  crowd- 
ing other  important  branches.  The  machine 
shop  needs  more  room  and  light.  Therefore,  an 
additional  building  is  needed  to  provide  a 
cleaner  room  for  the  tailor  shop  and  quieter  lec- 
ture rooms  for  recitations.  The  smoke,  dust 
and  noise  of  the  machinery  together  with  the 
growth  of  the  department  make  this  additional 
building  necessary. 

IV.     AGRICULTURAL  DEPARTMENT 
$76,939.00 

1.  Director's  Office,  $2,181.00. — In  the  Agri- 
cultural Department  the  amount  indicated  is 
needed  for  its  efficient  management. 

2.  Animal  Project  Division,  $1,047.00. — This 
amount  is  needed  to  teach  some  important  small 
industries  or  agricultural  projects  that  are  im- 
portant and  serviceable  on  every  farm. 

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3.  Chemistry  and  Physics  Division,  $1,618.00. 

— This  amount  is  needed  to  enable  the  science 
course  of  the  agricultural  department  to  regain 
its  former  high  standing  and  to  retain  it. 

4.  Dairy  Division,  $9,874.00. — The  dairy  dur- 
ing the  world  war,  for  lack  of  labor  and  cost 
of  supplies,  was  greatly  reduced  in  equipment 
and  service.  The  amount  asked  for  is  needed  to 
enable  it  to  regain  its  former  state  of  efficiency 
and  usefulness. 

5.  Farm  Division,  $16,152.00. — The  farm  dur- 
ing the  war  with  its  management  changing  seven 
times  in  one  season  was  very  much  demoralized. 
Under  the  present  efficient  management  the 
farm's  increased  service  and  usefulness  will 
fully  justify  this  investment  in  additional  equip- 
ment. 

6.  The  Greenhouse  Division,  $4,756.00. — In 
every  community  in  North  Carolina  greenhouse 
work  or  floriculture  presents  an  inviting  field  to 
Negro  labor.  The  amount  asked  for  is  neces- 
sary for  its  proper  equipment  and  progress. 

7.  Campus,  $4,500.00. — During  the  world  war 
the  appearance  of  the  campus  was  severely  dam- 
aged. It  is  important  that  the  surroundings 
should  be  such  as  to  exercise  a  wholesome  in- 
fluence upon  the  students  and  upon  visitors. 
For  this  purpose  the  amount  asked  for  is  needed. 

8.  Poultry  Division,  $4,331.00. — The  poultry 
division  presents  a  popular  and  practical  voca- 
tion for  the  Negro  youth.  The  college  seeks  to 
impress  this  field  upon  the  students  and  its  ad- 
vantages and  in  doing  so  it  needs  the  facilities 
to  the  amount  requested. 

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9.  Equipment  for  Agricultural  Building,  $30,- 
000.00. — The  agricultural  building,  now  nearing 
completion,  will  be  the  finest  and  the  most  im- 
posing building  on  the  campus.  As  the  appro- 
priation was  not  sufficient  to  construct  this 
building,  we  have  been  drawing  upon  the  gen- 
erosity of  our  Negro  friends  to  put  in  some  de- 
sired features.  There  is  no  fund  to  provide  for 
its  permanent  equipment  and  the  amount  asked 
for  is  necessary  for  the  proper  equipment  of  our 
excellent  agricultural  building. 

10.  Teacher  Training,  Vocational  Agricul- 
ture, $2,500.00.  —  The  State  Director  of  Voca- 
tional Agriculture  informs  us  that  the  State 
Board  of  Vocational  Education  will  be  only  pre- 
pared to  advance  us  fifty  per  cent  of  its  former 
allowance.  As  we  have  had  the  best  Teacher 
Training  Department  in  Vocational  Agriculture 
of  the  Negro  Land  Grant  Colleges  of  the  coun- 
try and  desire  to  maintain  that  standard  this 
division  will  need  $2,500.00. 

SUMMARY 

I.  Annual  Maintenance $100,000.00 

$100,000.0,0 

II.  General  Fund 

1.  Indebtedness    $  31,000.00 

2.  Two   Dormitories    200,000.00 

3.  Dining  Hall,  Kitchen  and  Laundry     70,000.00 

4.  Library 50,000.00 

5.  Land 125,000.00 

6.  Eepairs    25,000.00 

$501,000.00 
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III.  Mechanical  Department 

1.  Carpentry  Division    $  800.00 

2.  Masonry   Division    459.25 

3.  Broommakmg    Division  t 405.50 

4.  Power  Plant    90,000.00 

5.  Machine  Shop  Division    15,500.00 

6.  Photographic  Division    1,977.00 

7.  Shoemaking   Division    652.80 

8.  Blacksmithing  Division    200.00 

9.  Auto   Mechanics  Division    15,185.00 

10.  Mechanical    Building    40,000.00 

$164,179.55 

IV.  Agricultural  Department 

1.  Director's    Office    $  2,181.00 

2.  Animal   Project   Work    1,047.00 

3.  Chemistry   and  Physics    1,618.00 

4.  Dairy  Division    9,874.00 

5.  Farm    16,152.00 

6.  Greenhouse     4,736.00 

7.  Campus   4,500.00 

8.  Poultry      4,331.00 

9.  Equipment,  Agricultural  Building  30,000.00 

10.  Teacher  Training,  Vocational 

Agriculture      2,500.00 

$76,939.00 

I.     Annual    Maintenance    $100,000.00 

11.  General   Fund    501,000.00 

III.  Mechanical  Department    164,179.55 

IV.  Agricultural    Department    76,939.00 

Total     $842,118.55 

In  connection  with  this  statement  of  the  needs 
of  this  college,  permit  me  to  add  that  North 
Carolina    has    been    kind    and    generous    to    the 

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Agricultural  and  Technical  College,  the  princi- 
pal state  school  for  Negroes,  in  the  past,  and  the 
result  of  the  state's  aid  encourages  me  to  hope 
for  larger  plans  for  the  future.  That  the  con- 
sideration shown  this  college  has  been  a  profit- 
able investment  is  plainly  seen  in  the  encourag- 
ing fact  that  although  the  Agricultural  and 
Technical  College  is  the  last  established  of  the 
state's  schools  for  the  Negro  race,  already  in 
nearly  every  community  in  North  Carolina, 
where  Negroes  live,  graduates  or  under-gradu- 
ates  of  this  institution  can  be  found  foremost  in 
nearly  every  vocation  of  useful  life  and  honor- 
able citizenship.  It  is,  therefore,  with  a  great 
degree  of  confidence,  that  I  respectfully  submit 
the  foregoing  statement  of  the  actual  and  urgent 
needs  of  the  college  for  the  next  two  years  and 
sincerely  hope  you  will  be  able  to  bring  this 
matter  to  the  careful  and  sympathetic  consider- 
ation of  the  legislature  to  the  end  that  we  may 
be  able  to  point  to  the  Negro  Agricultural  and 
Technical  College  as  the  greatest  Negro  institu- 
tion of  the  nation  as  suggested  by  His  Excel- 
lency, Governor  Morrison,  because  of  the  un- 
equalled services  it  has  rendered  and  is  now  ren- 
dering for  the  elevation  of  the  Negro  race,  and 
tits  contribution  to  the  progress  of  our  state. 
Eespectfully  submitted, 

James  B.  Dudley, 

President, 


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JOS.  J.  STONE  &  CO.,    PRINTERS,  GREENSBORO,  N.  C. 


